Resources for Schools and Community

The World's First Black Professional Footballer

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Below are a range of video resources relating to Arthur Wharton’s life and achievements including our documentary: ‘The Arthur Wharton Story’. We hope teachers, youth workers and educators find these videos useful for classrooms and community learning. You can watch on the page, download or click on the title to watch directly on YouTube. If you know of other video links relating to Arthur, please get it touch via enquiries@furd.org

The Arthur Wharton Story Filmmaker: Jenson GrantTime: 34 minutesThe Arthur Wharton Story was made as part of the Arthur Wharton Heritage Project through FURD. The documentary is an ideal classroom and community resource for providing an enjoyable and thought-provoking overview of Arthur’s life and achievements.

FURD Promotional FilmFilmmaker: Rory GaultTime: 8 minutesFootball Unites, Racism Divides (FURD), is a youth and social inclusion charity based in Sheffield, England. FURD works locally, nationally and internationally to combat racism and increase understanding between different communities.

Interview with Sheila Leeson (Part 1 of 5)Filmmaker: Jenson GrantTime: VariedSheila Leeson, great granddaughter to Arthur Wharton, talks to television presenter Johny Pitts about her great grandfather, Arthur Wharton, Britain’s first black professional footballer.

Short Interview with Sheila Leeson about Arthur Wharton 2011Filmmaker: Rory GaultTime: 5:29 minutesSheila Leeson talks to FURD about her discovery in the mid-90s of photos of Arthur Wharton, the world’s first black professional footballer and the history she has uncovered.

Asamoah Gyan & John Mensah with the Arthur Wharton FoundationSource: BBCTime: 3:17 minutesShaun Campbell, from the Arthur Wharton Foundation, visits Sunderland AFC’s Academy of Light, to talk to Asamoah Gyan and John Mensah about the great man, January 2011.

Rotherham Young Writers:
Poems about ArthurFilmmaker: Jenson GrantTime: 10:32 minutesYoung Writers give their poetic impressions of the first black professional footballer.

An interview with Arthur WhartonSource: CreativeLabSBTime: 3:50 minutesAs part of Black History Month, Class 6 interview Arthur Wharton (The First Black Professional Footballer) as part of their research for a special assembly. Oct 2013